Legal Opinion
Shuman v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided May 17, 1978No. 8341Published
1Opinion of the Court
578 P.2d 1183 (1978)
Raymond Wallace SHUMAN, Appellant,
v.
The State of Nevada, Respondent.
No. 8341.
Supreme Court of Nevada.
Rehearing Denied June 19, 1978.
May 17, 1978.
OPINION
MOWBRAY, Justice:
A jury found appellant, Raymond Wallace Shuman, guilty of capital murder. Shuman, who was serving a life sentence without possibility of parole, was charged with the fatal killing of a fellow prisoner. Under the provisions of a mandatory death sentence then in effect, Shuman was sentenced to death. NRS 200.030 (1973) (amended 1975, 1977).[1] He has appealed, asserting numerous assignments of error, which we…
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